4/30/2013 (1775)

No Blog posted yesterday
 
For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday.
 
Gary
 
 
 
Happy Birthday Roberta Hagen Striker (DHS ’75): Dunseith, ND
    
                                                       
 
Larry “Weasel” Bergan passed away
Message from Verena Gillis:  Dunseith, ND
 
Gary, just wanted to inform you that Larry “Weasel” Bergan passed away
some time this morning.  Our sincere condolences to the family.  I know
Pete is feeling pretty bad as they were very good friends and he was
hoping to be able to visit him before his passing.  But he also has not
been feeling very good and when the VA took him off all his meds,
including the gout meds, he got it in his right foot and hasn’t been able
to walk or get around very good for the past week.  We go to Fargo on
Wednesday of this week and they will do the biopsy on his liver and
special labs ordered by the Minneapolis doctors on Thursday.  We probably
won’t hear when we go to Minneapolis until the tests come back and are
evaluated.  So doing alot of praying.  He will eventually have to go back
on chemo but we won’t know that until the tests come back.

Take care now and say hi to Bernadette for me.

Verena

 
 
Larry A. (Weasel) Bergan
(October 28, 1949 – April 28, 2013)
Sign Guest Book
 
So so sorry to hear of Larry’s passing. We extend our condolences to his family.
 
Gary
 
 
 
 
Reply to Neola’s picture posted yesterday
From Dick Johnson (’68):  Dunseith, ND
 
Gary and Friends,

       The only lady I can help identifying in the picture is #12. She
is Gladys Iverson as Identified,  however she is Gladys Olson Iverson
and is my Grandpa Henry Olson’s oldest sister.  Thanks Gary!

Dick

 
 
 
Reply to Neola’s picture posted yesterday
From Art Rude (’71):  Bismarck, ND
 
Neola had it right. I knew the relatives/Rendahl ladies that are already named.

Peace and Power, 

 Art 
 
 
Previously posted on Sunday
Picture Identification Request
From Neola Kofoid Garbe:  Bottineau & Minot, ND
 

Hi Gary,
 
I need some help with this one, please.
 
Will you post it and see if anyone can help me?  Lydia Larshus was Norma Johnson Manning’s grandmother, so there might be a few ladies your readers would recognize–Art Rude might be of some help/not sure about Doreen Larson. Some of these ladies attended Vinje Church (I know this isn’t a church picture.).  I think Lydia Larshus attended Rendahl Church–I think!  If Mrs. Anton Christianson is in the picture, I think she attended Rendahl.
 
Thanks.
 
Neola
 
 
1.   Thelma Slyter Kofoid (married to my uncle, Robert Kofoid)  I THINK!!
2.   ?
3.   ?
4.   ? (Boy?)
5.   I thought this was Clarice Vignes Kofoid (Frank), but one of the sons doesn’t think so.
6.   Lydia Larshus
7.   ?
8.   ?
9.   Nettie Larshus
10.  ?
11.  Viola Larson Kofoid (married to my uncle, Walter Kofoid). Her parents owned Cordelia Store.
12.  Gladys Iverson (Sister of Mathilda Iverson Amundson?)
 
Dorothy Larshus Clark identified Lydia and Gladys.
Being Lydia Larshus is in this picture, I wonder if Mrs. Anton Christianson might be one of the ladies?????
 
Thanks,
 
Neola
 
 
Joke of the day
 
FOUR RETIREES VISIT A BAR

Four old retired men are walking down a street in Fountain Hills, Arizona

They turn a corner and see a sign that says, “Old Timers Bar – ALL drinks

10 cents.”

 
They look at each other and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.

The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, “Come on in and let me pour one for you! What’ll it be, gentlemen?”

 
There’s a fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a martini.
In no time the bartender serves up four iced martinis shaken, not stirred

and says, “That’ll be 10 cents each, please.”

The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each other.

They can’t believe their good luck.

They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round.
Again, four excellent martinis are produced, with the bartender again

saying, “That’s 40 cents, please.”

They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity gets the better of them.

They’ve each had two martinis and haven’t even spent a dollar yet.

Finally one of them says, “How can you afford to serve martinis as good as
these for a dime apiece?”

“I’m a retired tailor from Phoenix ,” the bartender says, “and I always
wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery Jackpot for $125 million
and decided to open a place out here. Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer  it’s all the same.”

“Wow! That’s some story!” one of the men says.

As the four of them sip at their martinis, they can’t help noticing seven
other people at the end of the bar who don’t have any drinks in front of
them and haven’t ordered anything the whole time they’ve been there
Nodding at the seven at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the
Bartender, “What’s with them?”
 
The bartender says, “They’re retired people from North Dakota. They’re waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price, plus they all have coupons…”